Cuff-button.



No. 645,307. Patented Mar. 13, I900.

C. H; ALLEN.

CUFF BUTTON.

(Application filed Dec. 13., 1599.]

(No Model.)

WITNE55E5. .INYENI'DE.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. ALLEN, OF ATTLEBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THECHARLES H. ALLEN & COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

CUFF- BUTTO N.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 645,307, dated March13, 1900.

Application filed December 13, 1899. Serial No- 740,165. (No model.)

- To all whrmt fl; nw l concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. ALLEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Attleborough, in the county of Bristol and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement inCufi-Buttons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to an improvement in buttons used to securethe cuffs of shirts.

In the class of cuff-buttons in which two heads are rigidly secured tothe opposite ends of a bar the heads are liable to move on the cuffs andmar the surfaces of the same.

The object of this invention is to secure a firmer hold of thecuff-buttons in the buttonholes.

The invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction wherebythe connectinglink secured to the center of the heads extends in thebuttonhole nearly to the edges of the heads, as will be more fully setforth here inafter.

Figure 1 is a side view of a cuff-button the heads of which are securedobliquely to my improved connecting-link. Fig. 2 is an edge view of thesame. Fig. 3 is a view of the inside of one of the heads, showing theconnecting-link partly in section. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of myimproved cuff-button and the cuff, showing-the relative positions of thesame.

In the drawings, ct a indicate the cuffs; c (1., the buttonholes in thecuffs; b b, the heads, which are preferably placed obliquely to eachother, so as to bear on the outside surfaces of the cufis; c, theconnecting-link, formed, preferably, of flat sheet metal; 0' c,extensions on the opposite ends of the link, and c 0 posts extendingbeyond the ends 0 of the link. The posts 0 c are secured usually bysolder to the inner surfaces of the heads I) b at or about the center ofthe same.

The bar forming the link 0 is preferably curved, as shown in thedrawings. The forward edge of the link 0 is within the forward edge I) bof the head, so that when in place the forward edge of the head maycover the end of the butt-onhole. The inclined ends 0 c of the link areon a line with the annular edges of the inner sides of the heads. Theextensions 0 0 project through the buttonholes and have curved edgesconnecting with the rear edge of the linkbar.

The flat link 0, with the extensions 0 0' extending through thebuttonholes, serves to support the heads and hold them against moving inthe cuffs, while the posts 0 0 secured centrally to the heads, resistthe strain on the heads and prevent the same from spreading outward,which they are liable to do when the link-bar is secured near theforward ends of the heads, as heretofore constructed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. In a cud-button, the combination with the heads,of a flat link-bar extending from near the forward end of one head tonear the forward end of the other head and provided with an extensionhaving a post centrally secured to the heads, whereby the strain on theheads is resisted by the cen trally-secured link, as described.

2. In a cuff-button, the combination with the heads I) b, of the link 0,the extensions 0' c on the ends of the link, and the projecting posts 0c on the extensions; whereby the obliquely-placed heads are securedtogether at or near their center, as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES H. ALLEN.

Witnesses:

J. A. MILLER, J r., A. E. HAGERTY.

